With no obvious sign of the strike by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1091 against Capital Metro‘s contractors StarTran Inc. coming to an end, the city enters its first weekend of limited service.

CapMetro will be running a highly limited version of its Saturday and Sunday services from 6am to 7.30pm along certain routes. These are:

All weekend: 1L/1M, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 17, 18, 20, 21/22, 23, 30, 37, 100, 201, 243, 300, 311, 320, 325, 328, 331, 333, 338, 339, 350, 383, 392, UT Shuttles

Saturday, Nov. 8 Only: 9, 19, UT Huddle Shuttle

On the upside, the buses will be free for the duration of the strike. For more info, visit Capmetro.org.

This article appears in November 7 • 2008.

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